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Photo by Russ Mehl
Jazz Ensemble 1: 2015 Best College Jazz Ensemble--Graduate Division, 38th Annual Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards
Funding for all events of the 2015-2016 Season of the Kansas Partnership for the Arts, provided by:
Reach Out Kansas, Inc.; the Law Offices of Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered – Overland Park, Kansas; and the Zakoura Family Fund, a Fund of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
2015-2016 Kansas Partnership of the Arts
Event Calendar
Oct 11 - 3 p.m. Leonard Bernstein Festival Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall Kansas City, MO Oct 31-Nov 3 Borromeo String Quartet in Residence Nov 1 - 7:30 p.m. Concert with Steven Spooner, piano Nov 2 - 7:30 p.m. Concert with KU Music students Swarthout Recital Hall Nov 2-6 Craig Rutenberg, Teaching Residence Dec 4 - 7:30 p.m. KU Vespers on the Road Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts,Yardley Hall Overland Park, KS Feb 1-5 Nino Sanikidze, Teaching Residence Feb 6 - 7:30 p.m. Prairie Winds Lied Center of Kansas Feb 21 - 3:00 p.m. KU Choirs Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall Kansas City, MO Mar 31-Apr 5 Russell Miller, Teaching Residence Apr 12 - 7:30 p.m. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall Broadway at 60th Street, New York, NY Apr 25-29 Martin Katz, Teaching Residence Apr 30 - 7:00 p.m. KU Opera Gala Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall Kansas City, MO Aug 3 - 7:30 p.m. ClarinetFestŽ Lied Center of Kansas
Leonard Bernstein Festival
featuring the KU Wind Ensemble and University of Kansas Opera October 11, 2015 ďż˝ 3:00 pm. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall, Kansas City, MO
KU Vespers on the Road featuring KU Symphony Orchestra and KU Choirs December 4, 2015 - 7:30 p.m. Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts – Yardley Hall, Overland Park, KS
Jon Lewis
Prairie Winds
KU Symphony Orchestra, KU Wind Ensemble, and KU Jazz Ensemble 1 with Jon Lewis, trumpet and Delfeayo Marsalis, trombone February 6, 2016 - 7:30 p.m. Lied Center of Kansas
Delfeayo Marsalis
KU Choirs joined by area high school choirs
February 21, 2016 ďż˝ 3:00 p.m. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall, Kansas City, MO
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York City KU Jazz Ensemble I with Deborah Brown, jazz vocalist April 12, 2016 � 7:30 p.m.
KU Opera Gala featuring KU Opera and the KU Symphony Orchestra April 30, 2016 ďż˝ 7:00 p.m. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall, Kansas City, MO
Photo byTim Hursley
ClarinetFest
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International Clarinet Association Fraülein Klarinette featuring David Shifrin, clarinet; André Watts, piano; and the Miro String Quartet August 3, 2016 � 7:30 p.m. Lied Center of Kansas
Miro String Quartet
David Shifrin
AndrĂŠ Watts
photo by Marearl Denning
Under the Dome Concert Series
8 Outreach Concerts at the Kansas State Capitol, Topeka, KS
Photo by Russ Mehl
KU Edwards Campus Second Mondays 8 Outreach Concerts KU Edwards Campus, Overland Park, KS
Young Professionals Mentoring Program
Recent KU School of Music Graduates mentoring current KU students on the career path of a professional musician and music educator
Visiting Artists
Borromeo String Quartet October 31 – November 3, 2015 Teaching Residence
Photo by Christian Steiner
Craig Rutenberg
Piano,Vocal Music, and Chamber Music November 2-6, 2015 Teaching Residence
November 1 � 7:30 p.m. Concert with Steven Spooner, piano, Swarthout Recital Hall November 2 � 7:30 p.m. Concert with KU Music students, Swarthout Recital Hall
Visiting Artists
Nino Sanikidze
Piano, Vocal Music, and Chamber Music February 1-5, 2016 Teaching Residence Photo by Bonnie Perkinson
Martin Katz
Piano,Vocal Music, and Chamber Music April 25-29, 2016 Teaching Residence
Russell Miller
Piano,Vocal Music, and Chamber Music March 31-April 5, 2016 Teaching Residence
Reach Out Kansas, Inc. - Legacy Arts Projects “Ideas bigger than our own time – the sweep of generations, past and future.” “A bigger way of thinking and acting, that connects the past, present, and future.” Legacy Arts Projects are in honor of Mike E. Zakoura and JoAnn Zakoura Gardner 2013 - “In the Shadow of No Towers” and the documentary: “Journey to Carnegie Hall” KU Wind Ensemble – Paul Popiel, director of bands A brilliant statement of the power of music – in the hands of young artists – to clearly and forcefully address the major issues of our times. An original commissioned composition for the KU Wind Ensemble, examining the personal impact and wider ramifications of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. A commissioned work...” technically impressive, consistently imaginative, and in its finest stretches deeply moving...” Performed by “One of America’s most esteemed Bands, the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble. . .” New York Times. Reach Out Kansas, Inc. was sponsor of “In the Shadow of No Towers” and “Journey to Carnegie Hall.” 2015 - Steven Spooner – The Legacy Piano Series A 15-volume CD box set of piano music from antiquity to the present, embracing a myriad of styles and genres. Each album includes commentary interweaving fascinating stories of the piano with the personal and artistic journey of Steven Spooner, taking him from studies in his hometown of New Orleans to the Paris Conservatory, to the Moscow and Tbilisi Conservatories in the former Soviet Union, and Indiana University, Bloomington, to the performance of hundreds of concerts and recitals on four continents. “The Legacy Piano Series” will be a gift of Steven Spooner and Reach Out Kansas, Inc. to schools, public libraries, and assisted living and skilled nursing care facilities throughout Kansas and Kansas City Metro, for downloading via an internet site, as well as through a 15-CD box set. Reach Out Kansas, Inc. is sponsoring “Steven Spooner – The Legacy Piano Series”.
2016 – KU Jazz Ensemble I – Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York City KU Jazz Ensemble I – Dan Gailey, director of jazz studies “Best College Jazz Ensemble”, Graduate Division / 38th Annual Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards KU Jazz Ensemble I was selected as the finest collegiate jazz ensemble in North America in 2015; the capstone honor of the acclaimed Jazz Studies Program of the KU School of Music. This signature honor for the Ensemble follows numerous Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards over the years, including these KU Jazz composers and arrangers, and the 2015 Graduate College Winner for “Original Composition – Large Ensemble,” David Von Kampen. Known for both its excellence of performance in the traditional Jazz repertoire and its strong support for new compositions and arrangements for Jazz, the KU Jazz Ensemble I and the KU Jazz Studies Department have been integral to the midwest’s surging Jazz music culture and diverse live entertainment scene. In 2016, KU Jazz Ensemble I will take center stage at the most important jazz performance venue in the world. Reach Out Kansas, Inc. is sponsor of the KU Jazz Ensemble I at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York City.
My passion is: To motivate children to learn more about culture, music and art across the world
My scholarship: Allowed me to study in Japan and intern at a local nonprofit
My goal is: To ignite lower income communities by promoting awareness of art And culture among youth
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SPONSORS FOR THE KANSAS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ARTS 2015-2016 Season Reach Out Kansas, Inc. (www.reachoutkansas.org) is a Kansas not-for-profit corporation, and a Public Charity pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It seeks to increase cultural, musical, and educational awareness and exchange, with emphasis on under served rural and minority populations. Reach Out Kansas creates, supports and presents extraordinary programs and performances using a combination of individuals that generates an appreciation for music and one another’s cultural identities and practices. You may support the work of Reach Out Kansas, Inc. by making a tax deductible contribution to:
Reach Out Kansas, Inc. c/o Anissa Gardner Walz, Managing Director 7916 W. 116th Terrace Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered of Overland Park, Kansas (www.smizak.com), provides legal services in the areas of energy, litigation, business, health care, insurance, and employment law. Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered has represented companies in virtually all aspects of the energy industry on a continuous basis for twenty-five years, including oil and natural gas production, transportation, refining and marketing; electric energy transmission and use; renewable energy (wind and solar) production; the federal and state regulation of electric energy and natural gas; the federal and state regulation of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas pipelines; and energy company mergers, acquisitions, and sales. To contact Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered:
Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered 750 Commerce Plaza II Building 7400 West 110th Street Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Telephone: (913) 661-9800
The Zakoura Family Fund is a Fund of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (www.gkccf.org). It seeks to support education, music, and cultural activities in the K-12 public schools of Kansas, and in Kansas universities, colleges, and community colleges. To contact the Zakoura Family Foundation:
Zakoura Family Foundation 10886 Nieman Road Overland Park, Kansas 66210 Telephone: (913) 338-3329
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